Opinion

At today’s pricing, most property cat is still a good write for a vast pool of non-insurance capital.

In two major growth areas the reinsurer is avoiding huge corporate clients

Last week, I hosted my first conference as a member of The Insurance Insider team. It was a great opportunity to meet and greet, as well as get in front of, some of our audience.

It’s always healthy when a new innovation comes into the market and shakes things up.

Florida: Pay as you go cat reserves

Do the quirks of the Lloyd’s market make it a breeding ground for sexual discrimination?

Sometimes we are so busy and have our heads down in the detail of what we are doing day to day that we fail to see the big picture.

Buried within UK Chancellor of the Exchequer’s spring statement last week was a tantalising tidbit to nourish all those hungry for regulatory reprieve.



We are currently selling pea shooters when the client needs a bazooka.

With two consecutive years of heavy catastrophe losses, it’s clear why Swiss Re won’t throw caution to the wind – even though the days when it went cap in hand to Warren Buffett are long gone.

Ahead of the 1 January renewals, the mood music on sidecar renewals sounded fraught: thrums of anxiety from brokers and querulous undercurrents from investors.

Finding new markets is an important, and tricky, part of (re)insurance.